St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
COVINGTON, ST. TAMMANY PARISH La. OCTOBER 8,
STOMACH TINKeRINo.

/ STOMACH TINKERlNo.
The Disposition OF Man to Take Llbsrtie
with Patient Frieao.
"There is nothing on which mai
experiments oftener than his stomach.
said New York gentleman who is old
enough to have dyspepsia and young
enough to hope to be cured. "A mar
will tinker with his stomach when hs
wouldn't think of interfering with his
clerk or book-kccpcr in his store. Yet
he has been in business all his life. and
probably could take the place Of his
book-keeper tomorrow. The book.
keeper has his work to do. and so long
as he does it well his employer doesn't
come around with new system or q
new style Of books every week or two
and have the book-keeper switched Of
That's not the way to do business; but
the very man who wouldn't potter
around with his employees goes expert
menting on himself when he doesn't
know what. if any thing. is the matter
with him.
There's thing I read few weeks
ago that q man should drink few
pints of hydrant water Immediately on
getting up in the morning. Now let
me give you list of the things that a
man should take into his stomach the
first thing every morning. I've author
ity for all these; some have been told
me by friends, the majority have seen
in the papers, which have recently done
good deal in this good for the stomach
in the morning line:
A pinch Of salt in ice water.
A teaspoonful Of salt in water - hot - you
can take il.
cold lemonade very sweet
Hot lemon juice with salt
Eat lemon without drinking any thing
Strong coffee.
Tea and toast.
The juice Of three orangaA
raw egg.
Figs.
Immediately on getting up enkc . hard cracker
And devote five minutes to masticating it
thoroughly.
the pores = of W your skin. This viii make you
active and timber all day.
Exercise till you are in . sweat. Then drink
water that has been boiled. thus making sure OF
That is only start on the list.
There is . fascination in it to me. I
want tn try each one Of those direc-
tions and see what effect it has ON me.
Every week or SO l see q new one. and
experiment with that There must be
something good in them for somebody.
but what l want to know is why have
they such fascination for most men?
Why must man always be tinkerinS
with his stomach? There arc hundreds
of patent medicines. and the proprie-
tors Of all of them are growing rich.
1t has gone SO far that patent medi-
clues are advertised to counteract the
effect of injurious asa impure drugs
taken under the guise of tonics. Next
there will he new patent medicines to
counteract the effects of these. All
these medicines have big sale. There
seems to be an instinct in q mans
stomach, like child's desire for every
new toy. that makes him want to give
his stomach an experience with every
new medicine he hears Of. or advice
kind friends and newspapers give him.
"It sometimes seems to me that the
mortal spirit of mankind that formerly
had an outlet in cracking some ones
head with battle-axe or jabbing lances
at each other on holidays now vents it.
self in making a battle ground Of
mans stomach. One friend says:
"'Oid fellow, you're not looking
we'll Dyspepsia again? Well. l know
Just the thing for it Take pint Of
boiling water every morning. Brace
you up. Make you feel like new
man.
Next friend comes along. says same
thing, only cold water. Another man
says some patent mineral water. Try
them all. My stomach is the most
precious thing about me. II it is out Of
order. I'm no good. When it's in fine
trim I'm clipper. II I were going to in-
vest ten cents in a scheme I'd want tn
know what it was and what return I'd
get before I'd put my money in. Still.
TRY any number of experiments on
my stomach. and scores Of other men
that know do the same thing. Isn'ta
mans stomach more precious than his
money? I wonder what weakness Of
human nature it is that makes him moro
careful Of the wrong one. Is it curios-
ity or q hankering after something
new?'-N T. Sun.